vicinal

[ vis-uh-nl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
2. neighboring; adjacent.
3. Crystallography. noting a plane the position of which varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.

vicinal

/ ˈvɪsɪnəl /

adjective

1. neighbouring
2. (esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood
3. chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinal¹

1615–25; < Latin vīcīnālis, equivalent to vīcīn ( us ) near + -ālis -al ¹; vicinity

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinal¹

C17: from Latin vīcīnālis nearby, from vīcīnus, from vīcus a neighbourhood

Example Sentences

The sides of the pits and elevations are bounded by small faces which have the character of vicinal faces.

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Of the tri-derivatives the symmetrical compounds boil at the lowest temperature, the asymmetric next, and the vicinal at the highest.

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What is the difference between a natural and a vicinal location?

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He made a fire and began to broil them; the bride searched the vicinal woods for dried branches to feed the fire.

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